Brutality returned to the City of London yesterday when at least a hundred UBS
traders arrived at work to discover their staff passes blocked, the first
they knew that they no longer had jobs at the company.

Victims of the cull at the bank’s Finsbury Avenue offices were led to special
fourth-floor offices by HR representatives, where they were handed their
possessions and a letter.

This said that employees would “not be required to continue to perform your
current duties at this time” and that the company had “therefore taken the
decision you will not be required to attend the